Teen shot in head by constable during fight at Quebec courthouse caught on video

An 18-year-old man was shot in the head after getting into a fight at a courthouse in Quebec on Wednesday.

An 18-year-old man was shot in the head after getting into a fight at a courthouse in Quebec on Wednesday.

The incident in Maniwaki took place at about 1 p.m. and was caught on video.

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Authorities said in a press release that a man seized a constable's baton and may have hit him over the head with it. The constable took out his gun and shot the teen.

Video posted on Facebook by an observer shows two other constables arriving on the scene.

Video shows the moment before a constable shot a teen during a fight at a courthouse in Quebec. (Facebook)

Both men were taken to the hospital. Quebec's independent investigations bureau said the conditions of the men were not known, but the witness who posted the video said the man who was shot is in stable condition.

"He was touched close to the eye ... but he's going to be fine," the observer wrote on Facebook in French, according to Vice News.